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OBSESSIONS. DECORATION. SALIENT FACTS. 14 T he Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth revisits one of its most attendance- shattering shows when it mounts the charismatic figurative sculpture of Ron Mueck this month. The London- based, Australian-born artist's hyperreal sculptures challenge the viewer to examine issues of humanity and mortality. In both gargantuan and diminutive scale, their verisimilitude is astounding, down to hair strands and follicles of skin. This Alice in Wonderland-meets-Gulliver's Travels sensitivity dates back to Mueck's childhood in Melbourne, where his German émigré parents taught him the family biz of puppetry and toy making. His first career was as a model maker in the TV and film biz, including animatronic wizardry for I t's been eight years since Hadleigh's first opened a small second-floor atelier in Highland Park Village, but it feels like a New York minute, considering everything owners Gable and Ed Shaikh have accomplished. The formidable (and impeccably dressed) duo opened a retail store; built a nationally recognized brand; made daughter Hadleigh (the store's namesake) a big sister two times over; and, in the fall, made a splash in NYC with the opening of their second bespoke atelier — their first foray outside of Dallas. Sandwiched between Valentino and Isaia, the Hadleigh's penthouse is a rare jewel box on Madison Avenue. The thoughtful attention the Shaikhs put into every detail — from the placement of a pocket to having a client's favorite cocktail on hand during fittings — is what keeps their dedicated clientele coming back for more than just suiting. Recently, they fully outfitted a client's jet in custom cashmere. While longtime Dallas patrons visiting NYC may find the bright, modern interiors of the new atelier a departure from the rich wood and leather in the original, over- and-above details such as monogrammed hotel linens and pre-arranged dinner reservations at Daniel are unmistakably Hadleigh's style. Hadleigh's New York, 819 Madison Ave., Penthouse, New York, hadleighs.com; by appointment only. Lisa Collins Shaddock Highland Park to Madison IN A NEW YORK MINUTE Jim Henson during the 1980s. He broke into the art world a decade later in the still-talked- about "Sensation! Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection" at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. International recognition followed in 2001, where his supersized crouching boy ended up being the poster child for that edition of the Venice Biennale. Now senior curator Andrea Karnes has organized a return engagement a decade after Mueck's 2007 Modern show. Six recent sculptures make their way to North Texas, including two seen for the first time in North America. (Each work can take more than a year to complete; to date, fewer than 50 sculptures are in existence.) While museum-goers may make comparisons to a talent from an earlier generation — Duane Hanson's convincingly real Pop sculptures, laced with humor — Mueck's works, darker and with shifts of scale, conjure an entirely different take on our universe, one in touch with our Trumpian times. "New Works by Ron Mueck,"February 16 – May 6, themodern.org. Catherine D. Anspon SUPER Realistic Man Ron Mueck's Couple under an Umbrella, 2013, at Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth © RON MUECK. COURTESY THE ARTIST, ANTHONY D'OFFAY, LONDON AND HAUSER & WIRTH. PHOTO PATRICK GRIES. Ed Shaikh in his New York atelier